Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-25
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A.Historz Of: HdVehture
By ,. RrDER HAaGARn.
CHAPTER XIX.

"GIvB ME A BLACK COAT
The conversation after this was Of such
desultory order that do not quite recolleci
II. For some reason, perhaps from desirs
TO keep her identity and character In reserve.
Ayesha did not talk freely as she usually dill
Presently, however, she informed Leo that
she had arranged dance that night for our
amusement. was astonished to hear this,
Is fancied that the Amahagger we're much
90 gloomy O folk to indulge in any such
irivolity; but, as will presently more clearly
appear, it turned out that an Annahagger
lance had little In common with such fantas-
tic festivities in other countries, savage or
civilized. Then, as we were about to with
draw, she suggested that Leo might like to
SEQ some of the wonderful caves, and as he
gladly assented to this, thither we departed,
accompanied by Job and Billali To describe
our visit would only be to repeat great deal
Of what have already said The tombs we
entered were indeed different, for the whole
rock was honeycomb Of sepulclers, but
the contents were nearly always the same
Afterward we visited the pyramid OF bones
that had haunted my dreams on the previous
hight, and from thence went down O long
Massage to one OF the great vaults occupied by
the bodies of the poor citizens of the Imperial
Kor These bodies were not nearly so well
preserved, and many OF them had no linen
covering on them, also they were buried from
500 to 1000 in single large vault, the corpses
ia many instances being thickly piled one
Upon anos her, like heap Of slain.
When sfe had finished inspecting the caves
We retu ned and had our meal, for It was
now past In the afternoon. and we needed
some food and rest, especially Leo. At Q
o'clock NO all, including Job, waited on
| Ayesha, who set to work to terrify our Door
servant still further by showing him pictures
| on the POOL of water in the font like vessel
She learned from me that he was one Of sew.
| enteen children and then bid him think OF all
his brothers and sisters, or as many of tn m
as he could. gathered together III ILLS father,
cottage. Then she told him to look In the
water, and there, reflected from its Silly sur
face, was that dead scene of many years gone
by, as 1t was recalled to our poor servants
brain. Some OF the faces were clear enough
but some were mere blurs and splotches, OF
with one feature grossly exaggerated; thu
| fact being that. in these instances, Job had
been unable to recall the exact appearance.
Of the individuals, or remember them only by
popularity Of his tribe, and the water could
only reflect what he saw with his minds eye
For it must be remembered that She's powe,
In this matter was strictly limited; she coulC
apparently, except in very rare instances
only photograph upon the water what wa.
actually in the mind of some one present, ant
then only by his will But il she was per
sonally acquainted with locality she could
! as In the case Of ourselves and the whaleboat
\ throw its reflection upon the water, ant
also the reflection of anything extraneoui
that was passing there at the time. Thi
power, however, did not extend to the mind
Of others.
After about at hour of this amusement The
mutes by signs Indicated that Billah wa,
waiting for an audience. Accordingly ID
was told to 'crawl up which he did as awh
wardly as usual, and announced that thu
dance was ready to begin II She and the whit
strangers would be pleased TO attend. Shortly
afterward we all rose, and Ayesha having
thrown dark cloak Cthe same, by the way
that she had worn when saw her cursing b.
the fire. over her white wrappings, we started
The dance was to be held in the open air, OF
the smooth, rocky plateau in front Of tn
great cave, and thither we made cur way
About fifteen PAGES from the mouth Of tn
cave we found three chairs placed, and her
we sat and waited, for as yet no dancers wer
to be seen. The night was almost, but no
quite, dark, the moon being not risen as yet
which made Us wonder how we should be alb
TO sen the dancing.
. "Tlou wilt presently understand" sal
! Ayes a, with o little laugh, when Leo aske'
: her, and We certainly did Scarcely wer
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